Oct 22, 2009 - Sale 2191

Sale 2191 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALLEN, ALBERT ARTHUR (1886-1962)
Portfolio entitled "The Model, Series No. 1," with 15 photographs of elegantly-posed nude women. Silver prints, each 6 1/2x9 1/2 inches (16.5x24 cm.). 4to, printed wrappers; contents loose as issued; presented in a custom made folding jacket and slipcase. 1925

Additional Details

Allen's most desirable portfolio, which is accompanied by his descriptions of the models and eccentric observations: "These seven models have reached an age of maturity practically immune from disease, ailments or malformations. They all stand far above the average; mentally, physically and morally. All true types of the characteristic red-blooded American semi-athletic girl."
Premiere Nudes, unpaginated.